Temporary Series Title: Arkinland Chronicles
Book Title: Unknown
Setting: Fantasy worlds called Arkinland and Wolfin
Genre: Christian Fantasy
Started: July 2016
Length to date: approximately 27,500 words
Target Length: around 90,000 words
Status: temporarily on hold while I write a short story and edit another
Status: temporarily on hold while I write a short story and edit another
~Working Synopsis~
After Michael and his friends
unexpectedly sight a dragon over the distant mountains, they are
thrown headlong into an adventure filled with danger in a race
against time. After being scorned by their townsfolk and determined
to discover why the dragons broke the treaty between the neighboring
nations of Arkinland and Wolfin, they set out on a journey that may
well lead to their deaths.
Joined along the trek by friends and
strangers, Michael struggles with who to trust—and who might be
trouble. He and his companions know that time is short before the
dragons attack Arkinland, and they have to gather information to warn
their fellow countrymen of their impending doom while in the midst of
a rescue mission. But will they succeed in time? Or will all be lost? Only El-Shaddai, their faithful God and King knows—and He will
guide them through their trials.
~Excerpts~
Groaning,
I
rolled
my head to the side and
was rewarded by a sharp
stab of pain that
woke
all my other senses to the rest of my body. Everything
hurt. No,
everything
ached. It
was pure torture. I
mumbled, unable
to form words, trying
to see if anyone was in the room. When
I received no
response, I
attempted moving my limbs. Why
was I all bandaged? And why was everything causing
me pain?
I tried again. “Ello?”
_____
As
the dragon flew
toward us, I quickly checked to make sure our whole group was
present. I
counted everyone present, plus one. Terrin had stayed. I
gritted my teeth at the man's insolence,
and
determined that if the dragon's didn't kill him, I'd make sure I
found out the truth about him.
With
a mighty flap,
the dragon came to rest on the outskirts of camp, towering
above the nearby trees.
That's
when I realized our entire camp was surrounded by the blasted
fire-breathers.
I
groaned. There was no way we could fight off this many. What
should we do? We
couldn't just surrender
after all we'd
already come through!
Very nice. But, can't they just train the dragon? (Sorry, I'm a fan of How To Train Your Dragon, though I'm too old to be, and this is my first thought.) Great story line. I think it will do well. You also seem to do well at describing pain. Great job! :)
ReplyDelete(And I was kidding about training the dragon, lol)
Haha, not in this story they can't. They'd be incinerated before coming that close!
DeleteThank you for your sweet comment! And thanks for saying I do a good job at writing pain. It's my goal to make the reader feel the character's agony. Thank you! I hope you enjoy the blog!